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Don't expect miracles
The guru's guidance follows the soul across lifetimes until liberation. Attachment to worldly plans and delays obstruct the path. Promising to follow the guru and then abandoning the path yields no miracles, only prolonged waiting in other realms. The guru's initial blessing and shelter are permanent, but purification of vast karma requires many lives. Do not demand swift liberation or expect experiences; this leads to psychic illness. Through a story, a disciple repeatedly postpones following his guru due to worldly attachments—first his son's marriage, then debts, then guarding the house. He is reborn as a calf, a dog, and a snake, still attached to his family. The guru continually offers guidance. Finally, the guru places the disciple's soul as a worm on a lotus offered to Vishnu, granting liberation. The guru relentlessly leads the soul upward despite worsening karma.
"Do not expect that in some days, a few months, or a few years you will get a miracle. There is only one miracle: that you will go away."
"The path to the Brahmaloka that will lead you once began when Gurudev put his hand on your head. That is called the shelter of the guru, and that will protect the disciple till the end."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
